World: Men Against a Monarch

In the politics of Iran, only one man counted until recently: Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Now, however, four key opposition figures have
emerged who may well determine whether or not the monarch keeps his
embattled throne. The four:

AYATULLAH KHOMEINI, 80, chief mullah (religious leader) of the country's
Shi'ite Muslim sect, to which 93% of all Iranians adhere, and symbol of
resistance to the Shah. Khomeini was exiled in 1963 for opposing the
Shah's land-reform program, ostensibly because it conflicted with
Islamic law. He directs an almost messianic campaign to overthrow the
Shah from a white stucco house in the French village...